March Blooms

Barefoot & Muddy!

This crazy warm weather has us all itching to get outside! One night last week after work, Delaney and I went wandering about the yard - looking at flowers and chatting with the neighbors in our barefeet. I could barely get her to come inside later that evening! :)

Checking out the water spigot

Words

So funny that you don't quite realize how much your little one says until you actually write it out. I was typing up a little info/cheat-sheet of sorts for a new caretaker and was surprised by all that our little one can really say now - and adding to it by the day!

Delaney's current words and phrases: (@17 Months)

• stop
• thank you
• what's that?
• here you go
• one-two-three
• where'd it go?
• wah wah (duck sound)
• kitty
• dog
• no
• uh-oh
• belly-button
• hi
• bye
• mama
• dada
• matt

New in the Etsy Shop: Nursery Print

Just added a lovely new print to the etsy shop! One of my favorite motherhood/baby poems.

Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
For babies grow up
We've learned to our sorrow
So quiet down cobwebs
Dust go to sleep
I'm rocking my baby
And babies don't keep.

(Frame not included.)

Meet Miss Maren

See more at https://www.facebook.com/stacyqphotography and http://stacyquasebarthphotography.zenfolio.com/

New Announcement: Stacy Quasebarth Photography!

Been working on a new little endeavor! Capturing beautiful moments with fabulous families! Having so much fun! I am sure if you have followed my blog for any length of time you know that I like to take pictures. I have pictures of frogs, dirt, cruises, flowers - you name it - I am out there taking pictures of it - haha! From the mundane garden sprouts each year, then hundreds of travel pictures, and literally thousands of pictures I have snapped of our little girl - just now going on 17 months old. I never want to forget a moment - how she looked when she was so tiny. That smidgey little nose, tiny curled toes, the fuzziest of fuzz for hair. Precious memories to carry with me forever.

Well, I am hoping to bring a little of that to others too!

Stacy Quasebarth Photography
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stacyqphotography
Portfolio Website: http://stacyquasebarthphotography.zenfolio.com/

Web Finds Wedneday

Secrets to Cooking Pasta

RJ Honey Offers Honey, Adopt a Hive, Beekeeping Hardware

Taco Stuffed Shells

What Toddlers Do

Low Fat Creme Brulee - from America's Test Kitchen

Easy Spicy Garlic Bread in a Pot

Pinterest Inspired Project

Bonus points to me for actually doing something I pinned on Pinterest - haha! That site is so addicting! So many awesome ideas! You can follow me too!

Tutorial from Make it and Love it

Friday Favorites

Currently pining for these adorable brass earrings from The Word Jewerly shop on Etsy... ($3.95)

Toddler Easter Ideas

I am soo excited about Easter this year! Cannot wait to fill our little one's basket full of wonderful little goodies for her to discover! Here are a few cute ideas I have in mind!

Loving these cute natural wooden Easter baskets and colored wooden eggs from Etsy shop AppleNAmos

Also thinking about a pair of these Pink Cord Tiny Toms.

Or maybe a pair of these warm, snuggily slippers from L.L. Bean - in rose blossom of course.

Web Finds Wednesday

Dedication to Medication: A great blog post about organizing meds etc! Sooo need to do this! Seems like we have cough drops, mucinex and everything just all jumbled together goodness...

Homemade Croutons - tried this here recently and LOVE THEM! Perfect way to use up the ends of your bread or pieces of toast that doesn't get eaten at breakfast time. Yum!!

Blueberry Streusel Muffins - Another tested recipe here recently to use up some blueberries that were going a little soft in our fridge - I left out the cinnamon in the streusel and it was perfect!

Cake Batter Pudding Cookies - Oh my - must try this recipe soon! Though, after celebrating my birthday with tons of cupcakes and an angel food cake I should wait a little bit before whipping these up - haha! :)

1st Pony Tail: 16 Months

We have officially bought our first little hair bands and barrettes and oh my goodness are they cute! Our little miss's tresses have begun to fall in her eyes and finally get  a little long enough to swing up in a little up do. The little curl of her pony tail makes my heart melt - oh so cute!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! This is the view out our back sliding glass door (and of some of our Valentine Winnie the Pooh window clings) at our first real accumulation of snow - what a Valentine's Day treat - big fluffy flakes this morning! Hopefully it stays around long enough to maybe cut the tags off Delaney's snow suit and officially wear it out in the snow.

I loved window clings growing up - still have some of them - and definitely excited to share this fun way to decorate for the holidays with our little one. They are budget friendly at 97 cents a sheet or so and not messy and something she can pull off an rearrange to her liking. Perfect for out little Miss Independent!

(just noticed that our chihuahua's tracks in the snow line up perfectly with the little Piglet cling - makes it look kinda like Piglet walked across our deck to give us a Valentine!) :)

Web Finds Wednesday

Yes, it's Thursday - I am just happy to be completing a post period! :)

Free Sweater Stone - so going to do this!

Chicken Ranch Pizza


Smoky Mexican Meatball Stew

Motherhood Monday: 5 minute game to make your child feel loved

Motherhood around the Globe: Online Exhibition


DIY Valentine's Day Handwamers

Nutella & Go! At Walmart!

I have found a new addiction - nutella & go! I knew I loved nutella but did they really need to seal the deal and make these fabulous little to go snacks?? Oh my! So yummy!

Picked some up after spying them in the check out aisle at Walmart for my husband and I's stockings for Christmas and they never made it that far! Oops!

Choices Choices: Camera Strap!

Oh how can I choose? Looking for a camera strap to customize my new Christmas present! But which do I choose??
Here are my two favorites!

I am leaning towards the top one. So pretty!

Straps available from Etsy shop: AugustBlossoms

Santa Pancake Attempt

So I always get a little too excited about ideas like Santa Pancakes and end up forgetting very important elements like say....spraying the pans with Pam before trying to make said santa pancakes. Or only having one good squirt bottle for the colored batter so for the rest I am scrambling for any sort of squeezy receptacle - i.e. piping tips and frosting bags, even my easy accent decorator from Pampered Chef.

Really you need just plain old condiment squirt bottles - and I have three but could only find one. At least I thought I had three - maybe not. I dunno now.

So anywho - one pancake out of like 6 turned out ok. And by "ok" I mean that the whipped cream hid all the flaws and made it look decent. Haha!

Here's evidence of the other not so cutsey pancakes...by the end I was just making round pancakes with swirled colored batter - looked like Christmas Pancakes Gone Crazy - sadly I didn't take a picture of those before my hubby ate them. :)

Still - overall - a tasty treat for Christmas morning memories!

Here is how I thought they would turn out in my head...well, where my inspiration came from anyways: http://jennipriceillustration.blogspot.com/2011/12/lunchbox-santa.html

Christmas Morning Magic

Oh wow! The Christmases with a little one keep getting better and better! So exciting to watch her eyes light up! Got to love Christmas morning magic! Christmas is a little different at 14 months than at 2 months old! Ha! :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It is that time of year again! How have I gotten this far behind in posting on my blog? Oy veh!

But alas here is a little sneak peek into what has been keeping me so busy! Family photo shoot in late October with our one year old little one to share with family and friends via our Christmas cards! I love Shutterfly! Who doesn't?

Photo Card

View the entire collection of cards.

Web Finds Wednesday

Pretzel Hugs Recipe

Brown Sugar Cookie Recipe

“At RIE we encourage parents to learn to quiet down, to sit peacefully, to observe and to allow babies to be real. …And as we get sensitized and skilled in the art of observing, we may try the greatest challenge: to look inside – to see, observe and learn about ourselves.” -Gerber

Frosted Pane Toddler Skirt Tutorial


Pumpkin White Chocolate Blondies Recipe

Yarn Block Prints How To

Four Alternatives to Punishment: Positive Solutions in Practice

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